Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-25 Thread thomas
On Jun 25, 2024 5:50 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Thomas Goirand writes: > > On 6/25/24 11:56, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > It's 3rd party in the sense that the person uploading isn't generating > > or even signing the source package. > > The 1s

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-25 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 6/25/24 11:56, Matthias Urlichs wrote: On 25.06.24 10:11, Thomas Goirand wrote: But to the contrary of what you're saying, that *is not* the problem. The problem is that you're proposing to sign something, and upload something else, signed by 3rd party CI that you're willing

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-25 Thread Thomas Goirand
ed request to a REST API, it wouldn't be very different from signing a tag in a random Git repository. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-25 Thread Thomas Goirand
d would use it myself. But I very much dislike the implementation you're proposing, which is basically, that we need to blindly trust a signed tag in Git + Salsa CI, and nothing else. This is broken in so many ways. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-24 Thread thomas
T buy into this "signing a git tag makes more sense". I understand it is easier to implement. But from the Debian perspective, that is simply wrong. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-18 Thread Thomas Goirand
quot; tool. With the correct local tooling, that's not such a big deal, and it has been demonstrated that it works (watch again the lightning talk from Debconf Kosovo...). I really don't understand why you still believe it would be more complicated from the contributor point of view once the tooling are available. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-17 Thread thomas
and tag2upload perform. How is this a problem? Are you doing packaging on a 8MHz computer? :) Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-17 Thread thomas
e check fails. Are you hereby volunteering for such (dak and other) work? Plus the DM ACL thingy? Plus things you didn't think of? If not you, then who? Do we have patches available or at least a known team of volunteers? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-17 Thread thomas
hing to our infrastructure. Added bemefit: packages must be reproducible to support it. The point it isn't solving: contributors still need to learn how to build *source* packages locally. Is this a problem ? I don't think so: we are talking about contributing to packaging anyways. Isn't this the bare minimum knowledge to expect ? Thomas

Re: Eternally paradigmatic Debian discussions...

2024-06-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 6/15/24 11:16, Holger Levsen wrote: On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 11:44:04PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: 1. Nobody really opposes what is being proposed. I oppose to vote to implement a design proposal. I also oppose to force certain work on volunteers. +1 Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
lot ~/.gbp.conf and ~/.sbuildrc to make it useful, plus the setup of schroot/sbuild that's less than trivial). So we're having to fix this problem, but it's IMO orthogonal to the push2upload discussion. So, to sum-up: I'm not convinced by the points you're mentioning. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 6/13/24 10:21, Sean Whitton wrote: Hello, On Thu 13 Jun 2024 at 08:23am +02, Thomas Goirand wrote: One thing I really dislike, is having a single gpg key to upoload them all. I very much preferred the design that Didier explained during Debconf Kosovo, where the .changes signature is

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-12 Thread Thomas Goirand
re the .changes signature is uploaded together with the tagged commit. Your thoughts? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) P.S: The thread is huge, I have no time to read it all, sorry if someone else also raised the same concern.

Re: Question to all candidates: what to do with the Debian money, shall we invest in hardware and cloud?

2024-03-29 Thread Thomas Goirand
oo much in the topic. Adding workload to DSA isn't the plan. I also have other persons that raised their hands as volunteers. Let's discuss this after the vote ! :) Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Question to all candidates: what to do with the Debian money, shall we invest in hardware and cloud?

2024-03-29 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 3/27/24 11:25, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Hi, Thomas Goirand wrote on 27/03/2024 at 00:24:30+0100: Hi, As you know, there's a large amount of money sleeping in SPI account for Debian. Do you have ideas on how to spend it? Would you be ok spending 100k USD on buying hardware for

Question to all candidates: what to do with the Debian money, shall we invest in hardware and cloud?

2024-03-26 Thread Thomas Goirand
oud providers to have faster shared runners? It wouldn't be hard to hook them. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) P.S: To other DDs reading: feel free to voice your opinion too.

Candidates question: politics and Debian

2024-03-10 Thread Thomas Koch
getting divided on controversial topics? Thomas Koch (I hope it's not violating rules to pre-post a question before the campaign period?)

Re: This does not have to be a GR

2023-11-22 Thread Thomas Goirand
theoretically possible to fight its wording in each state. Seen the other way around: it's possible that the implementation as a law in each country is worse than then directive itself, we must pay attention to it (it's probably even more difficult for us this way, as there will be 27 implementations to take care of). Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Call for vote: public statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"

2023-11-21 Thread Thomas Goirand
big corp and their lobbying power, and we need to use stronger words. In the absence of something better, I'll still vote for the above... Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Call for vote: public statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"

2023-11-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
ngly protest. Hopefully other communities will also protest against this law. Oh, by the way... correcting myself: technically, there's no such thing as a "EU law", and we're being played like every time (to make us believe we're still in a democratic world): each country *must* (yeah, no choice...) make its own law out of this Directive. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: On community and conflicts

2023-03-17 Thread Thomas Goirand
t is in my mind inconsistent with our mailing list rules. I find all of this thread also disrupting, off-topic, and very annoying. Thomas, if you feel like you need to discuss your case in public *again* (which IMO, you shouldn't do at all...), could you please at least avoid hijacking the DP

Re: On community and conflicts

2023-03-15 Thread Thomas Koch
> Soren Stoutner hat am 15.03.2023 19:07 EET geschrieben: > > I would be interested in hearing the details of what happened. There you go: https://blog.koch.ro/posts/2023-03-15-debian-exclusion.html

On community and conflicts

2023-03-15 Thread Thomas Koch
(public?) call with me and maybe also people from the project (e.g. community team)? There have been conflicts in the last years that separated even families. Also the Debian project has been affected. These conflicts should be healed. All the best, Thomas Koch

Re: new proposal: free and and non-free installers with SC change

2022-09-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 9/14/22 17:00, Holger Levsen wrote: hi, I'm looking seconds for this new proposal below, which is like proposal E plus *also* offering free installer image. Rationale: we should keep producing fully freely distributable Debian installer images, for those cases were some included non-free stu

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-08-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
not agree that these Dell servers do not need firmware though. When equipped with QLogic, Intel or Broadcom NICs, you *must* install the non-free firmware packages, as I wrote earlier (and the CPU microcode updates too...). Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-08-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
crashing Broadcom boards at all costs). Also, from the security point of view, and when running VMs on a public cloud, it's not reasonable to avoid updating the microcode for CPUs. Note: we don't use d-i for setting-up servers. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-08-22 Thread Thomas Goirand
s/ [4] https://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-unstable [5] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/04/msg00214.html Seconded. Ansgar Seconded. Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: General resolution: Condemn Russian invasion of the Ukraine

2022-04-06 Thread Thomas Goirand
to make such a statement and vote against your above text. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) [1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/vote_002

Re: Results for Voting secrecy

2022-03-29 Thread Thomas Goirand
like not knowing the implementation details, and the fact we voted only on one property of the vote). Please do not make it even more painful asking for another vote (because you do not like the outcome). Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: To all candidates: Debian and people with disabilities

2022-03-20 Thread Thomas Goirand
e all DDs are invited to work on accessibility issues? I'm not volunteering for organizing such a day, just giving the idea for the accessibility team to pick-up... I'd volunteer a day per year, if I'm given a list of tasks I can act on! Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Reaffirm public voting

2022-03-05 Thread Thomas Goirand
by Debian standards, is not a long time. I agree. With the current proposal, I would vote "further discussion". Thomas

Re: Reaffirm public voting

2022-03-05 Thread Thomas Goirand
m unsure about what Holger has in mind, but for me, yes, I do want to know about the full details of implementation to make sure we have 4-, 5- and 6-, which we currently have with a fully public voting system. Just voting on "I want my vote to be secret" without having any information

Re: Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
don't see why I would want to hide my opinion from the other DDs. Going this path, I don't think we would need to vote on it. Please, if possible, avoid too much voting if we have other ways to fix the issue: this is exhausting everyone. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: General Resolution: Change the resolution process: results

2022-01-31 Thread Thomas Hochstein
Wouter Verhelst schrieb: > In that case, the problem is that the links to the tally sheet still > point to the dummy sheet; if you go to the vote's page, then click on > the "statistics" link, and next on the "tally sheet" one, you get the > dummy tally sheet. I don't (neither yesterday nor today

Re: General Resolution: Change the resolution process: results

2022-01-31 Thread Thomas Goirand
x27;m wondering if there is anything we can do to motivate more people to vote. It's understandable that there is no motivation to choose between two very long and complicated (and similar but maybe not?) changes. Yeah. The wording is kind of hard (and boring) to read. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
ars, if not decades, for the rename to ever be effective (if the person(s) in charge decide(s) it...). Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-08 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 11/4/21 8:14 PM, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote: > The hardest part may very well be changing all the CNAME/A > records[1][2] Thanks for volunteering! :) Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-04 Thread Thomas Goirand
rees. Also, did you engage with the FTP master team at least, before writing this message? That would be appropriate, IMO. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) P.S: Please do not take it the wrong way: saying something is silly is not the same as calling someone silly... I do respect Felix (and everyone else), and in this instance as well.

Re: Privacy guarantees

2021-09-10 Thread Thomas Goirand
that needs to be fixed, as I would hate myself to browse a local doc and having my web browser access remote content when I don't expect it. I don't think a GR is appropriate here, at least not before discussing this with other DDs (maybe in debian-devel) for long enough. I also believe that this isn't a topic that deserves so much of our DD time. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: re. RMS

2021-04-05 Thread Thomas Goirand
leeway for that". I hope it's more clear like this, and it doesn't hurt anyone this time. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: re. RMS

2021-04-05 Thread Thomas Goirand
make a case that we should be indulgent with RMS because he's autistic? If that is your intention, you're achieving the exact opposite thing with your message... Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Question to the DPL candiates: secret ballots

2021-04-02 Thread Thomas Goirand
now my opinion. I would understand if anyone fears harassment after the vote if it is disclosed, and that would be a good reason, but I do not share the view that there's a high risk for this to happen. This vote is a lot less important than many in these threads think. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Thomas Goirand
d be ejected from the free software movement in general"? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-25 Thread Thomas Hochstein
M dB wrote: > Are we discussing a handful of people leaving > volunteer positions? Yes. Are we discussing ruining their lives? No. [...] > Nobody who wants rms off the FSF board is trying to destroy > his life I may be wrong, but it looks like Richard Stallman has dedicated his life (or at least

Re: diversity

2021-03-25 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 3/24/21 11:10 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote: > [...] > sexual preference [...] s/sexual preference/sexual orientation/ Someone just pointed out to me that "sexual preference" may be considered offensive. That's not my intention: I simply copied the wording of Bart without eno

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
expressing your opinion about the issue. This doesn't match the title of your message. FWIW, I'm in the opinion Debian shouldn't do anything, and that all of this is just distractions. We have Bullseye to release... > I suspect most people already have their minds made up. Looks like you do! :) Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: General resolution: ratify https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io

2021-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
al is disgusting. And by getting this as a GR, it feels like promoting the cancel culture in Debian. :/ Can't you just express your opinion by yourself, by signing the letter? Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: diversity

2021-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
", because it's also not addressing what a DPL role is: - appointing teams - representing Debian (interviews, medias, etc...) - managing funds - resolving conflicts Sruthi, any comment? Please let me know where I'm wrong, as it feels like you probably do not agree with me. Cheers, Thomas Goirand

Re: Should the project hire one or two persons to help the DPL?

2021-03-22 Thread Thomas Hochstein
gregor herrmann schrieb: > I also know from personal experience in (non-software) volunteer > organizations, and a friend of mine has written her diploma thesis on > this topic researching yet another NGO, that a setup with a volunteer > board/committee/chairperson/president and employed > executi

Re: Question to Brian: Why do you need to be DPL to set up foundations?

2020-03-19 Thread Thomas Goirand
, or if you nominated yourself for the DPL election, and voiced your intend to make a GR about creating a foundation (but not make it the only topic of your platform). Anyway, thanks for this topic again, and I really hope you make the foundation thing happen, being the DPL or not. :) Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: DDs with no key in the keyring [was: Please include unique voters in GR graphs]

2019-12-28 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/28/19 5:52 PM, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 10:08:44PM +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> So, this means there's 101 DDs that don't have a GPG key in the keyring? >> Wow, that's a big amount. Do we have an idea of how long these DDs are >&g

Re: DDs with no key in the keyring [was: Please include unique voters in GR graphs]

2019-12-27 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/27/19 10:08 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 12/27/19 11:15 AM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >> The script thinks it knows the eligible voters, but it doesn't. >> The top of the graph is now just above 900, because devotee thinks >> there are 909 DDs. 909 is the amount

Re: DDs with no key in the keyring [was: Please include unique voters in GR graphs]

2019-12-27 Thread Thomas Goirand
keyring. But the real number is > 1011, so I actually need to fix the numbers after the vote. > > Kurt So, this means there's 101 DDs that don't have a GPG key in the keyring? Wow, that's a big amount. Do we have an idea of how long these DDs are in that state? Why are they still DDs? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Thomas Goirand
#x27;t think we need to rush. Even if this vote was postponed until January, it's my view that it would be fine (but I understand others who think differently). Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: My analysis of the proposals

2019-12-03 Thread Thomas Goirand
c (ie: slowly replacing sysv-rc init scripts by declarative runscripts) without loosing anything. Benda, why don't you do that? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC/supervise-daemon

Re: Question Under Proposal D: Compile Time Option

2019-12-03 Thread Thomas Goirand
Hi Sam, On 12/2/19 6:12 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: >>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Goirand writes: > > Thomas> Sam, > > Thomas> Is this a real life case (if so, please name the > Thomas> package...), or just a pure fictional one, just beca

Re: Question Under Proposal D: Compile Time Option

2019-12-02 Thread Thomas Goirand
> > What does proposal D say about this? > Is the package RC buggy under proposal D until this patch is applied? > Does the maintainer have the option to retain the enhanced > functionality? Sam, Is this a real life case (if so, please name the package...), or just a pure ficti

Re: [draft] Draft text on Init Systems GR

2019-11-22 Thread Thomas Goirand
on-systemd systems, are appropriate for Debian communication fora; >likewise references to bugs which are not relevant to the topic at >hand. > >Communications on Debian fora on these matters should all be >encouraging and pleasant, even when discussing technical probl

Re: [draft] Draft text on Init Systems GR

2019-11-20 Thread Thomas Goirand
I think we should focus on making > sure any decisions make sense for them, or deciding that we're not willing > to continue to support them. That means focusing on init script support. Or getting rid of sysv-rc in the favor of OpenRC. Thomas

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-19 Thread Thomas Goirand
ths, to develop their implementation. (The same goes for any >future enhancements.) > > with > >[...] The >transition should be as smooth as possible for all users including >those of alternative init systems. I agree with Holger that it's probably better to leave the amount of time undefined, and see what happens on a case by case basis. Cheers, Thomas Goirand

Re: Time Line

2019-11-17 Thread Thomas Goirand
a timely fashion anyways. We all have $day-job stuff to care, and Ian probably also needs time to think of ways to write things. A week or 2 wont change anything, and probably not the outcome. However, better wording and greater ideas could. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: [draft] Draft text on Init Systems GR

2019-11-17 Thread Thomas Goirand
ut > responsibilities. > > It sounds like Ian is planning on making a few changes, so I'll hold off > on formally seconding it until there's a new draft. > +1 I find Ian's draft (after all the in-progress rework) very good, and would probably second the final proposal. Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
I hereby nominate myself for the 2019 DPL election. > > -Jonathan Sorry to just do a +1, but thanks. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Questions for DPL candidates: Support channels

2017-04-06 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 04/06/2017 06:10 PM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:07 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote: > >> Even more, from my experience, the availability of an HCL (ie: Hardware >> Compatibility List) is mandatory for some vendors to choose Debian. At >> $work, I've been

Re: Questions for DPL candidates: Support channels

2017-04-06 Thread Thomas Goirand
me, it doesn't bother the other DDs, then we're fine. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Questions for DPL candidates: Support channels

2017-04-06 Thread Thomas Goirand
eir website. To avoid trademark issues, this logo *must* be different from the standard Debian logo. Note that I am convince the FSF initiative (I can't remember the ugly website name, sorry...) is *not* a correct response to this need. We need our own thing. If one was to start such initiative, I'd be happy to help. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Re: Q to all DPL candidate: PPA

2015-03-16 Thread Thomas Goirand
ference here? Well, actually... To all: what do you think you can do to make the PPA thing happen? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-17 Thread Thomas Goirand
atches we need in the original sources, we deal with such a non-cooperative upstream and do what's needed on the packaging side. That's not the first time, and it wont be the last, and it's not even specific to systemd. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.d

Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-17 Thread Thomas Goirand
e also decide that it's not going to delay the release. And since it's the release team who has the decision power, I can only see it happening the correct way. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

All DPL candidates: about the PPAMAIN

2014-03-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
would be money wisely spent) Lucas, what is your take on this? Thomas Goirand (zigo) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5323fc3b.2080...@debian.org

Re: Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems - Linux IS about CHOICE

2014-03-02 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Yes, by all means we should ignore the fake personas, Mr. Natural Linux, whoever you are. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Natural Linux wrote: > Matthias Urlichs, Why should we believe you or the bullshit excuses given > in the article? > > The fact is, last year none of this crap was needed. >

Re: OpenRC + Hurd status (was: [Proposal] GR: Selecting the default init system for Debian)

2014-02-05 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 01/28/2014 11:44 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 01/28/2014 03:39 AM, Guillem Jover wrote: >> Option D >> >> * Switch to sysvinit + OpenRC wherever available. >> - architectures where OpenRC is not currently available will switch >> whenever OpenRC has bee

Re: GR: Selecting the default init system for Debian

2014-01-28 Thread Thomas Goirand
ripts saying that they want to stop supporting it. Charles, Have you even TRIED OpenRC? There's no need to change any Essential flag in any Debian package to make it more easy to install... Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: [Proposal] GR: Selecting the default init system for Debian

2014-01-28 Thread Thomas Goirand
ss on the new OpenRC project on Alioth and will do the work by himself). 3/ Conclusion So, all together, I think it's reasonable to say that *we do* have OpenRC support on all platforms, and that it's only a mater of closing a few RC bugs with attached patches (so, nothing blocking). Hopi

Re: [all candidates] delegation

2013-03-27 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/26/2013 09:28 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: > I see > Zack's DPL helpers initiative as a step in this direction, and I'd like > to take it a little further. How? Make it formal? Have new "official" positions? Or just push more people to help and that's it (whi

[all candidates] delegation

2013-03-25 Thread Thomas Goirand
Hi all, One of the key role of the DPL is to delegate. What are your intention in this regard? Do you think that the current teams and roles are well filled? Or would you like to change some of the people currently holding a position? Why (not) changing anything? Cheers, Thomas P.S: I have

Re: [all candidates] Return to the desert island (cont.)

2013-03-20 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/21/2013 02:02 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 03/21/2013 11:52 AM, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> I think the outcome of moving a package that falls in the "requires >> external stuff" from main to contrib would rarely qualify as silly. >> >> Take for example t

Re: [all candidates] Return to the desert island (cont.)

2013-03-20 Thread Thomas Goirand
gin in contrib? And to make sure you wont dismiss my point and answer that it has support for XMPP wich is an open protocol: and what if it had only support for the non-free protocols, like only MSN, AIM, Yahoo and such, and zero support for the open protocols like IRC and XMPP? Thomas -- To UNS

Re: [to all candidates] Accessible software in Debian

2013-03-18 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
should be important for the project. Thanks a lot for this question to the candidates. Best regards, Thomas signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[all candidate] what is your dayjob?

2013-03-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5142da02.3070...@debian.org

Re: A "Review & Mentor" team

2012-03-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
with sponsors - sponsors wont get flooded with packages they don't care about - sponsors will not miss software they do care about Of course, this is only an idea that I'm throwing, and I'm not raising hand for the implementation, but at the same time, the ones who have worked on tags and

Re: More votes in Debian? Any idea for improvement?

2012-03-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/15/2012 10:10 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 03:11:28PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> On 03/12/2012 04:04 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 03:28:53AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >&g

Re: More votes in Debian? Any idea for improvement?

2012-03-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/12/2012 04:04 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 03:28:53AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If you see projects like Openstack or oVirt (sorry for the examples >> taken from my area of expertise...), they have elections every 6 month

Re: Gergely and Wouter: on the need of becoming a DPL

2012-03-12 Thread Thomas Goirand
he DPL could do more than just procedural things. Like what? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f5ed9a5.5090...@debian.org

Re: Finding sponsors for Debian

2012-03-12 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/13/2012 12:18 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > we could > put a note in the release notes or in the installation manual Do you *seriously* think that this would help? :) > and/or put something on the website We have this on our from page already (eg: the Donations link). Thomas

More votes in Debian? Any idea for improvement?

2012-03-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
about this in a better English than mine...). What are the improvements in this area that our 2012 candidates foresee? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Finding sponsors for Debian

2012-03-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
actions could be done to improve the current situation, which if I'm not mistaking, isn't great this year? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f5cfa1a.8060...@debian.org

Gergely Nagy: how will you "search for talent and passion"

2012-03-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
Hi, "search[ing] for talent and passion" is a great goal, but just writing "The key to my goal is communication" isn't enough for me. So, how will you do? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: How to get a new ballot?

2010-10-12 Thread Thomas Weber
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 09:35:21AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 22:36:18 +0200, Thomas Weber wrote: > > Anyway, here's what I got: > > > > : > > 70.103.162.29_does_not_like_recipient./Remote_host_said:_550_no_vote_is_currently_ru

How to get a new ballot?

2010-10-11 Thread Thomas Weber
7;m happy to be pointed to additional documentation. Thanks in advance.) Anyway, here's what I got: : 70.103.162.29_does_not_like_recipient./Remote_host_said:_550_no_vote_is_currently_running/Giving_up_on_70.103.162.29./ Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lis

Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-02-07 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
can be distributed by them under the DFSG. Especially since your proposal is all about making copyright information harder to locate, you are making things far harder. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Draft vote on constitutional issues

2009-05-13 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
k there is nothing unclear about it. We have a perfectly clear firm promise, and we have some people who do not want a firm clear promise, and are willing to pretend that the social contract doesn't say "100% free software". Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: Draft vote on constitutional issues

2009-05-13 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
ement of a goal. But such an amendment has not yet been passed, and your clear declaration that you are not willing abide by the social contract as written is troubling. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Draft vote on constitutional issues

2009-05-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
t it, then no resolution is necessary. You seem to say an inconsistent thing: that they do prohibit it, and we can avoid that prohibition by calling it a "practical consensus" instead of an "override". Surely, however, it is the effect that matters, and not the label you giv

Re: Firmware

2009-05-01 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
ase is near that we must again have special exceptions. I hope I can be proved wrong. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
n't, then there is nothing we could do that would work. If *nothing* would work, is it your position that we should ignore the DFSG problem here forever? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
problems in firmware blobs", more or less. It was a carefully worded option, and it won; it is a mistake to substitute for it something like "release Lenny no matter what", and then to proceed to ignore the clear statement of the winning option that *only* firmware blobs get the sp

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
ne. I thought that was the deal last time, but it turns out that "just this once" is repeated in Debian about as often as copyright extension bills in the US Congress. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
ian, we had enough of this > already. > It is true that the project wants to release. It is not true that the project wants to release on just any terms whatsoever. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2009-01-03 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
of the DFSG, you're saying that such a resolution only requires a simple majority? You seem to be saying that what is determinative is the resolution proposer's statement. I find this implausible in the extreme. The Secretary is at least an official who we can hope will be neutral; the resolutio

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